June 10, 2025 - The Roundup: #J7 Edition
A curated roundup of critical news, organized by topic with key quotes and sources
🔥 Headlines You May Have Missed: #J7 Edition
Welcome to The Roundup!
As Washington State and the nation face pivotal decisions on everything from the OBBB to election integrity to energy independence, the headlines reveal a deeper battle for the soul of American governance.
This curated roundup offers a snapshot of the current political, legal, and cultural landscape—covering new legislation, policy battles, and grassroots movements that are shaping the road ahead.
Whether it's the sweeping ambitions of the One Big Beautiful Bill, ongoing immigration clashes (#J7), or the fight for local autonomy in our state, each article captures a piece of the larger story unfolding before us.
🚨 #J7 Insurrection
One Of The Main Technical Issues In The Immigration Judicial Battles Is Whether Biden's Border Crisis Counted As An Invasion, JD Vance, June 7 2025
So now we have foreign nationals with no legal right to be in the country waving foreign flags and assaulting law enforcement. If only we had a good word for that...
https://x.com/JDVance/status/1931524890663821598
Rep. Jayapal Announces Resistance Labs During Burien Town Hall, Burien News, June 6 2025
Unmentioned is whether the training could also be helpful at other levels, such as city, county, port, school, state, and other local government levels. Also unmentioned is whether the techniques are appropriate for non-governmental actors, for example, a major foundation in the Seattle area that has pushed ineffective solutions in schools for reading, writing, and math.
https://burien.news/government/rep-jayapal-announces-resistance-labs-during-burien-town-hall/
So The Los Angeles ICE Raid Protests Are Easily Explained, Wall Street Apes on X, June 8 2025
Democrats, their donors and NGOs are paying for mass protests because the federal government is deporting their voter base and they’re desperate to stop them
https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/1932085807151788099
Understanding The Los Angeles Riots Is Actually Quite Simple Ten Key Concepts To Understanding What Is, Cynical Publius, June 10 2025
Today, in 2025, Democrats see the antipathy of the average voter to illegal immigration as the biggest threat to their party’s survival. They are desperate to turn the tide of public opinion, and the only viable path they see to doing this is a repeat of the 2020 Saint George Floyd riots.
Thus, Democrat leaders at all levels are currently planning, orchestrating, funding and fomenting riots in Los Angeles (and ultimately elsewhere) while purposely ensuring law enforcement response is inadequate, all in an effort to break public opinion and save their party.
Given the above, President Trump sending in the National Guard against the will of the Democrat leaders actually benefits the Democrats.
However, the Democrats do not realize it’s not 2020 anymore and America is on to their game of violence and destruction.
https://x.com/CynicalPublius/status/1932092981747634404
🇺🇸 One Big Beautiful Bill
Understanding The Big Beautiful Bill And The Laws That Surround It, Charlie Martin, June 5 2025
So, a lot of the people screaming about the BBB not codifying the DOGE cuts are either ignorant or gaslighting you. The BBB doesn’t codify the DOGE cuts because by law it can’t. Keep that in mind as we go through the details.
Before You Decide On the Big Beautiful Bill, Listen To This, Charlie Kirk, June 5 2025
Before you make up your mind on the One Big Beautiful Bill, listen to this entire interview with White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller
https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1930721133965480412
I Was Against Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill — Stephen Miller Changed My Mind, Katarina Pfister, June 6 2025
The BBB is the first major Republican bill in decades that doesn’t bend to Democratic narratives. It doesn’t water down core principles. It doesn’t apologize for putting American citizens first.
And unlike Louisiana Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson’s endless parade of “small ball” continuing resolutions, the BBB actually moves the ball down the field. It lays out a coherent conservative agenda — and the administration is determined to get it passed.
I’m still a fiscal hawk. I still want smaller bills, much less spending, and a federal budget that doesn’t look like a summertime pig roast. But I also want results. And this might be the only chance we have to deliver the policy victories we’ve been promised for a generation.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/i-was-against-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-stephen-miller-changed-my-mind
🗳️ Election Integrity & Voter Reform
WA State GOP Move To Require Proof Of Citizenship To Vote In Local Elections, Ari Hoffman, June 6 2025
The Washington State Republican Party (WAGOP) has announced its support for a sweeping election integrity initiative that would require voters to show proof of citizenship and valid identification to vote in the state. The proposed measure, Initiative Measure No. IL26-126 aims to tighten voter registration protocols and ensure ballots are only sent to eligible citizens.
WAGOP Joins Regional Movement To Require Voter ID And Proof Of Citizenship, Bill Bruch, June 7 2025
The Washington State Republican Party (WAGOP), led by Chairman Jim Walsh, has officially joined the effort to reform elections in Washington state with Initiative Measure No. IL23-126, a citizen-led effort that would require Voter ID and Proof of Citizenship to vote.
The NVRA And Cleaning Voter Rolls, Hans von Spakovsky, June 6 2025
The NVRA requires states to conduct a general program that makes a reasonable effort to remove from the official voter rolls the names of ineligible voters who have died or changed residence. The law requires registrations to be cancelled when voters fail to respond to address confirmation notices and then fail to vote in the next two general federal elections.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-165432807?source=queue
🏛️ State & Local Governance Battles
Win-Win for Washington: An Act Relating to Autonomous Regions in Washington State, Washington House of Representatives, April 24 2025
The legislature intends to divide the state into two autonomous regions, the Puget Sound region and the Columbia region, by constitutional amendment. Each region would provide regional governors, regional legislators, and regional judges.
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2085.pdf
Seattle Riots? What Riots? WA Extremism Task Force Ignores Leftist Violence, KVI Staff, June 6 2025
Even more curiously, Madsen said, “the report omits all of the 2023 incidents,” including the takeover of a University of Washington building that caused over $1 million in damages. “That happened just days before the task force’s last meeting. They had a perfect opportunity to acknowledge it and didn’t,” she said.
Pierce County Sheriff Faces Backlash Over Gun Law Enforcement Stance, Shea Johnson, June 7 2025
“The sheriff, if they don’t like it, they’re welcome to not like it,” Spitzer said. “But that doesn’t mean they can violate their oath and not follow the law by claiming that they understand the constitution better than the Legislature does.” Spitzer said there’s a movement in the state and nationally where so-called “constitutional sheriffs” have a notion that because their offices are mentioned in their state’s constitution that they’re not subject to statute or their county charters.
“Mell told The News Tribune in an email Wednesday evening, “The Sheriff has the right to question and legally challenge State law where it invades his core constitutional duties.”
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article307822935.html
Beware The Seattle Money Bomb Targeting Spokane, On The Ball 509, June 3 2025
Sarah Dixit is running against Spokane Council Member Jonathan Bingle. On her website, Sarah states, “Progress for the people, not just the powerful” and “This campaign is people-powered—Sarah is backed by neighbors who believe We All Belong in Spokane.” - Sarah Dixit
As of May 28, 2025 - Sarah is actually NOT “backed” by any disclosed “neighbors” in her district as reported by the Washington Public Disclosure Commission.
https://www.ontheball509.com/news/beware-the-seattle-money-bomb-targeting-spokane
🌲 Public Policy Failures: Energy, Climate & Cost of Living
Soaring Insurance Rates In The West Reflect A Growing Wildfire Crisis On Federal Lands, Healthy Forests Healthy Communities, May 28 2025
It’s easy to blame climate change or insurance companies, but the deeper issue lies in the forests themselves. Much of the West is a patchwork of overgrown federal land, choked with dead trees and dry fuels that make catastrophic wildfires more likely every year.
Trump To Use Emergency Powers To Boost US Critical Minerals Industry, Charles Kennedy, June 4 2025
In an executive order, the U.S. President invoked the Defense Production Act (DPA), which is the main tool at a U.S. president’s disposal to shift economic activity toward national defense priorities. “The United States possesses vast mineral resources that can create jobs, fuel prosperity, and significantly reduce our reliance on foreign nations,” the executive order says.
“The United States was once the world’s largest producer of lucrative minerals, but overbearing Federal regulation has eroded our Nation’s mineral production,” it adds.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/trump-use-emergency-powers-boost-us-critical-minerals-industry
Lawsuit Alleges Ecology, Commerce Failed To Publish Timely Greenhouse Gas Reports, Carleen Johnson, June 6 2025
His (Todd Meyers) lawsuit seeks to force the two agencies to comply with RCW 70A.45.020, which requires agency staff to report statewide greenhouse gas emissions for the preceding two years at the end of an even-numbered year. The law requiring timely disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions was adopted in 2008.
“Ecology’s argument that climate change is a public crisis but the public doesn’t have standing to hold the agency accountable for its failure is hypocritical,” he (Meyers) said in a statement to The Center Square. "The state will point to a victory on a legal technicality while ignoring the continued failure of their policies.”
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_114fa0d5-5dfe-42d1-a79f-e860cd7c3af2.html
Washington Among Least Affordable States For Child Care, Chronicle Staff, June 5 2025
Washington consistently ranks as having one of the nation’s highest costs of living — and a new report shows that the cost of child care is a big contributor to the problem for families.
⚖️ Medical Freedom, De-Transition & Legal Accountability
A De-Transitioner Law Firm in Texas Now Represents a Spokane Woman Who Regrets Her Sex Change Alleging Medical Malpractice, Alexandra Duggan, June 6 2025
Her lawsuit alleges she should have never undergone these procedures due to an extensive history of childhood trauma and mental illness, which led her to believe a gender transition was a solution to her problems. She was not given accurate behavioral analyses, evaluations or informed consent before the surgeries, the lawsuit states.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/jun/06/a-de-transitioner-law-firm-in-texas-now-represents/
Promises Made Promises Kept, Robert W. Malone, June 6 2025
Various news articles state that 35–45% of Americans, including myself, find vaccine mandates unacceptable. The government and corporate media have defined this group of people as being anti-vaxxers. Some people still believe that the term anti-vaxxer is a pejorative. I do not - I view it as high praise.
I like to think of the people who fit this definition of "anti-vaxxer" as representing a subset of the freedom fighters in our culture. People who advocate against mandates are working to end the madness of the vaccine mania that has swept public health and government. They (we) are working to protect our rights under the Constitution.
The term "anti-vaxxer" it is not a slur but rather it is a compliment.
🧭 Final Thoughts
Taken together, these reports underscore the urgency—and the opportunity—of this political moment.
The questions facing our communities are not abstract. They’re personal, local, and immediate. If we want a future rooted in freedom, accountability, and common sense, we must stay informed and engaged.
Keep reading, keep organizing, and keep pushing for the kind of government that serves the people—not the powerful.
Nancy Churchill is a writer and educator in rural eastern Washington State, and the chair of the Ferry County Republican Party. She may be reached at DangerousRhetoric@pm.me. The opinions expressed in Dangerous Rhetoric are her own. Dangerous Rhetoric is available on Substack, X, and occasionally Rumble.